Convertible garment



Nov. 27, 1928.

Filed Feb. 12, 1927 INVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented Nov. 27,

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co'nvnzarizetn GARMENT.

Application filed February ment in the nature ofa pairof-overalls in an'expeditious manner with very little effort on the part of the wearer andwhile the garment is being worn. =1 i y A further objectgof theinvention is to provide a garment especially designed for automobilists,for emergency repair work. therefore the garment is designed to amplyprotect the clothing of the wearer and is of simple nature so that itwill be inexpensive to manufacture and that can be easily put on andtaken off without fear or danger of soiling the outer clothing of thewearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide an outer garment thatcanbe worn as a coat or in the form of a pair of overalls, and whenwornas a coat, the portion of the garment that cooperates with the coatportion to 2 convert the same to overalls is completely concealed fromview, so that the gari'nent when worn as a coat presents a neat anddressy appearance and will give the effect of.

an ordinary coat or duster usually worn by motorists.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combina tion and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsandspecifically pointed out in the appended claim. g

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several Views; and in which:

Figure 1 is a front viewof the garment forming the subject matter of thepresent invention and showing the same in the form of a coat. V

Figure 2 is a similar view of the in the form of overalls.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the crotch piece garment which is adapted.to cooperate with the re-' maining portion of the garment to convertthe same into overalls.

' Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 44 of Figure 2. 7

Referring to the drawings in detail the reference numeral 1 indicatesthe body of the garment having the usual coat sleeves 2 and 12,1922.Serial no. 167 792.

a collar 3. .hefront of the body 1 is open and in theform oftlie usualcoat construction, and includes portionsa and5 which have theirconfronting edges reinforced from the bottom thereof to'their point ofjuncture with the collar 3, and the reinforced edge of the portion l isprovided with buttonholes 6 and the edg'e'of the portion 5 with buttons7.

The back of the body has itsl'ower portion split in. the usual manner toprovide. separated portions Sand 9. The portion S has secured thereto astrip 10 provided with i spaced buttons 11 arranged longitudinallythereon as best shown in Figure 1, while the portion 9 has its edgereinforced by a binding strip and provided with buttonholes toaccommodate the buttons 11 when the garment is in the form of a coat asshown in Figure 1.

The crotch piece 12 which cooperates with the front portions l and 5,and the rear portions 8 and 9 to convert the garment into the overallformation as shown in Figure 2 is of substantially diamond shape asshown in Fig ure 3. The upper edge 13 of the crotch piece is permanentlysecured to the strip 10, while the upper edge 14 is permanently securedto the reinforced edge of the portion 9, and when the garment isarranged in coat formation as shown in Figure 1, this crotch piece isfolded upon itself into a substantially triangular formation and securedto the portion 9 throughthe medium of a button and buttonhole connection15. The crotch piece is provided with a button 16 arranged intermediatethe ends of the lower edge opposite the edge 18, and the lower edge ofthe crotch piece opposite the edge 14; is provided with buttonholes 17adjacent its ends and a buttonhole 18 intermediate its ends, while abuttonhole 19 is provided in the edge having a button 16 i and isdisposed adjacent the. innermost buttonhole 17. When it is desired toconvert the garment into overall formation as shown in Figure 2, thefront and rear portions cooperate with the crotch piece to provide theleg portions of the garment and the crotch piece 12 is unfolded and theedge provided with the butt-onholes l7 and 18 is secured to the adjacentbuttons 7 of the front portion 5 .and the edgeof the crotch pieceprovided with the button 16 and buttonhole 19 is secured to the edge ofthe front 4 by the button 16 as suggested in Figure 2, while the rearportions and front port-ions are secured together by their respectivebutton and buttonhole that register with each other.

tion that the advantages and novel features From the above descriptionand disclosure of the drawings it will be obvious that I have provided acombination garment that can be Worn in the form of a coat or convertedinto overall formation as shown in Figure 2, in an expeditious mannerand with very little effort on the part of the wearer, and when thegarment is in the form of a coat, the crotch portion which cooperateswith the portions 4 and 5 and 8 and 9 to provide the leg portions whenthe garment is arranged in overall formation as shown in Figure 2 isconcealed from view so that thegarment will'be given the effect of anordinary coat as will be readily apparent.

It is thought from the foregoing descripof my invention will be readilyapparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

l/Vhat I claim is: r

A 'convertible garment comprisng a body open at the front and having anopening at the back extending from the bottom thereof to a pointadjacent the middle thereof, said last named opening dividing the lowerportion of the garment into side portions, means on the edges of saidside portions for connecting them together to form legs, a crotch piecein the shape of an equilateral diamond shaped quadrilateral normallyfolded double when worn as a coat and fastening means on said crotchpiece edges when opened and'on said body for connecting the sametogether in the crotch of the garment.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ROY J. QUANTZ.

